Theatre News



Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:21:11 GMT
Stephen Campbell Moore and Jemima Rooper are to join David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, which plays at the Apollo theatre from 19 May.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:11:38 GMT
Theatres don’t usually look like furniture shops. But arriving at the venue for the Royal Court’s new venture, that is exactly what it looks like. In fact, the venue is a disused lot at the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, and the venture is Theatre Local.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:03:52 GMT
Roger Allam is to make his debut on the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe this summer, when he takes on the role of Falstaff in the Dominic Dromgoole-directed productions, Henry IV Part I and Henry IV Part II.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:46:56 GMT
Designer Alison Chitty was resident designer at the National Theatre for eight years and has more than four decades of experience designing operas and plays all over the world. As an exhibition of her work runs at the National, she talks to Official London Theatre about her profession.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:10:54 GMT
Riff Raff, the debut play by Hollywood actor Laurence Fishburne, will receive its UK premiere at London’s Arcola theatre next month.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:42:51 GMT
Little known in Britain, but legendary in his native Switzerland, director Luc Bondy brings Arthur Schnitzler’s erotic, tragic romance to the cold, grey streets of Waterloo, filling the Young Vic with sexual tension and unfilled desire.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:39:41 GMT
Dianne Pilkington, currently appearing as the good witch Glinda in the musical Wicked until the end of March, is to join the cast of The 39 Steps from 26 April.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:29 GMT
Amanda and Elyot are made for each other. It is obvious from the start of Noël Coward’s comedy about relationships that the divorced pair should never have married their tiresome new spouses.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:04:12 GMT
He has worked with Ridley Scott and starred opposite Keira Knightley, but Matthew Macfadyen doesn’t lead a life of celebrity, he tells Caroline Bishop.

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:12:28 GMT
Anthony Head is taking his hosting of this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards very seriously indeed. “I do see a lot of award ceremonies where it’s an opportunity for somebody to knock everything,” he said today. “And I don’t want to knock this, I feel we should celebrate. This year, for the first time in a decade, theatre is really on its feet and we should shout it from the rooftops.”



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